一瞬

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to wink
trad. (一瞬)		一	瞬
simp. ^#(一瞬)		一	瞬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīshùn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ seon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshùn [Phonetic: yíshùn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishùn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shun⁴
  - Yale: yī-shwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishuenn
  - Palladius: ишунь (išunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ seon³
  - Yale: yāt seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɵn³³/

Noun

一瞬

the twinkling of an eye
- 2024, Vivian Yuen, “從心底讚頌”, in THE WAY, performed by Lok Sum, 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music]:
  
  一瞬塵俗過　唯祢看破世俗眼光 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  一瞬尘俗过　唯祢看破世俗眼光 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  jat¹ seon³ can⁴ zuk⁶ gwo³, wai⁴ nei⁵ hon³ po³ sai³ zuk⁶ ngaan⁵ gwong¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	瞬
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	しゅん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっしゅん [ìsshúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iɕːɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

一(いっ)瞬(しゅん) • (isshun) ^{←いつしゆん (itusyun)^?}

an instant
一瞬(いっしゅん)にして
isshun ni shite
in an instant
moment

Synonyms

一(ひと)瞬(またた)き (hito-matataki), 一(ひと)瞬(まばた)き (hito-mabataki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN